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Comment on New Photos Discovered by Harold Stephens

Harold Stephens — Sun, 25 Mar 2012 18:40:30 +0000

My mother was Wilma Starks, daughter of J. W. Starks, superintendent of No. 7 coal mine in Kincaid at that time. She was a little sweet on one of the young militiamen guarding grandpa’s house in the mine yard. Dad worked during the strike and told me about the miners getting in cars at the end of the shift and swinging cut off pickaxe handles out the windows as they roared out of the gate. They both told me much more exciting happenings at that time, tragic though it was.

Comment on In A County Named Christian by Michele Ukleja

Michele Ukleja — Fri, 05 Aug 2011 00:21:28 +0000

I am coordinator of the One Book, One Harper program at Harper College in Palatine, IL where we are reading the book The Ballad of Trenchmouth Taggart. This book chronicles the coal mining wars in West Virginia in a fictional account of one man’s life. One of the events we are having at Harper to tie in with the book is a discussion on strikes, unions and the coal mining community (not specifically West Virginia) I’m working on putting together a slide presentation and wondered if I could use some of the images you’ve got on your website. Thanks

Comment on Illinois Mine War Map by minewar.org » Archive » Yesterday and Today

minewar.org » Archive » Yesterday and Today — Sat, 26 Feb 2011 22:26:06 +0000

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Comment on Eyewitness Account of the Mulkeytown March by minewar.org » Archive » Yesterday and Today

minewar.org » Archive » Yesterday and Today — Sat, 26 Feb 2011 22:23:31 +0000

[...] was also the launching point for the Mulkeytown March. More on that here. You can also view the route of the march by clicking on the Google Mine War Map in the right [...]